A sinister laugh over the airwaves. A threat. And death with a rictus grin. Those are aspects that each version of Batman's first encounter with his greatest foe, the Joker, have in common. But as with many tales from the Golden Age of comics, this is a story that he been told and retold numerous times. This week, we look at three versions of that story, where the Dark Knight first crosses swords with the Clown Prince of Crime

The Joker/ The Joker Returns (Batman V.1 # 1)

Images (Batman: Legend of the Dark Knight # 50)

Batman: The Man Who Laughs

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